Originally Posted by crockett

Police are now part of a profit generating machine. They feed the cities and states with lots of money in fines and fees. Everything from court costs to being charged ridiculous rates to use the phone while in jail. It's all just a giant profit making scam.

It's like here in central FL, they put up red light cameras everywhere. Suddenly they notice a massive drop in ticket income because no one is running red lights.. There are also less crashes.. What did they do? They started removing the cameras because it was hurting city profits..

Then there is the entire for profit driven prison industry..